Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

[Mystery / Crime] COMPLETE SET AS PUBLISHED. In 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spines, and further gilt and red decoration to uppers. Top edges and endpapers orange. All volumes with the original photographic dust-jackets, not priced. Contents clean, no inscription…

dj. First Edition. [Gothic fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 642 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine, and endpapers showing a map of Cold War Europe. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Duncan Spilling, priced…

First Edition. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (14 x 20cm), pp.229; [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering to boards and spine. Untrimmed edges, top textblock edge gilt. Illustrated title page, in-text and full page black and white illustrations throughout. Toning to tex…

dj. [Spy thriller] Seventh impression. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers, commando knife blocked in silver foil to upper, illustrated dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping, clipped and re-priced by Cape at £1.60 (sold circa 1972). Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacke…

First Edition. [Naval Historical Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Eleven volumes, bound as ten. Octavo (21 x 13 x 32cm). The complete series, recently bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin burgundy labels, and gilt anchor motifs to spine. Marbled paper over boards, a…

First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (17.5 x 11cm), pp.243; [5], blank. This volume elegantly rebound in a bespoke half black calf over matching black cloth-covered sides, sewn endbands, with the publisher's illustrated softcovers preserved at the rear. Contents clean, exterior unmar…

First Edition. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression, dated '1939' on copyright page as called for. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 252; [2]; advertisements for Hercule Poirot's Christmas and Appointment with Death. Publishers' orange cloth with black titles to backstrip. Contents clean and fresh, no ink names, lacks rear free endpa…

First Edition. [Historical Fiction] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[iv]; 316. Bound in the publisher's illustrated card wrappers. Contents gently toned, minor handling, short tear to cover and first few leaves. Debut novel from the acclaimed writer, nephew of adventurer Peter Fleming and nove…

dj. First Edition. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 714. With three suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Also with an autograph letter written by Drabble in blue ink to headed notepaper, dated July 25th, 199…

First Edition. [History/Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, with invitation to the book launch party tucked in. Large octavo (30 x 20cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt, with colour-plate illustration showing the Fleming family crest laid down to upper cover, illustrated endpaper…

dj. First Edition. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.252 [4]. With an illustrated map of 'Leathercombe Bay', the scene of the crime. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 7/6. No inscriptions, bibliophile's attractive engraved bookplate [Geo…

First Edition. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm). Beautifully illustrated with 27 colour plates. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, finely respined and cornered in recent green morocco with five raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, with a pair of pictor…

dj. First Edition. [Spy thriller] An UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the first edition. Softcovers, octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221; [3], blank. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. In the Proof-Only dust-jacket. The jacket features some misprints and typographical or textual differences, most prominently the title and au…

dj. [Polo] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.80. With frequent black and white photographic illustrations. Number 316 of 500 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black marker to the title page, and additionally INSCRIBED to Patrick Donelan to the half-title. Publisher's blue cloth, with silver titles to spine, a sil…

[Childrens classic] Large-size annual format hardback with seven pop-ups and movables. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[24]. Illustrated in colour. No inscriptions. All pop-ups are operational except the last (rear cover), which is static. Most are a little tired/worn in places. Some splits to inside and exterior joints. A used but servi…

dj. First Edition. [True crime] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 284. Publisher's green cloth lettered in silver, orange endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 25s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, top edge spotted, jacket with some chips and tears, rubbed at joints. The quintessential "no…

[Children's Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[14] 195 [5]; pp.[12] 245 [5]. Printed on fine hand-made paper by the Country Life Press. The first volume SIGNED by the author in black ink to an additional half-title. Recently re-bound in navy full morocco, with gilt titles to twin red labels, fur…

An illustrated colour programme for the gala event celebrating the Ian Fleming Centenary held at the London Palladium on 5th October 2008. Pp.28, magazine format, illustrated. Very light handling. Near fine. Includes an extract text 'From Russia With love (1957), articles from Lucy Fleming & Kate Grimond (Ian Fleming's nieces),…

First Edition. [Childrens classic] Bibliographer's copy. First paperback edition (18 x 11cm), pp.94; [2], ads. With eight pages of colour photos from the 1968 movie. Publisher's illustrated film tie-in softcovers, with price 3/6 printed on rear cover. No ink names, neat owner label to inside cover, contents toned as expected, co…

dj. First Edition. [European Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 248 [2]. With a map printed on turquoise paper. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour illustrated dust-jacket by John Craxton, priced at £13.95. Some…

First Edition. [James Bond spy novel] FIRST EDITIONS in paperback (UK version and international version). Slim octavos (18 x 11cm), pp.220; [4], ads. Pictorial card wrappers with raised lettering in gilt, both copies priced at £3.50. No inscriptions, contents clean, some toning to cheap paper as expected, covers lightly handled,…

First Edition. [Rural Diaries of a Clergyman] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions thus. Three volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.396 [4]; pp.448; pp.461 [3]. With a photographic frontispiece to the first volume. With two typed letters addressed to the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement (David Leslie Murray) pasted to th…

[Classic Literature] Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 362. Illustrated with three full colour lithographic plates by C.E Brock, each with tissue guard. Attractively hand-bound in burgundy half morocco with gilt floral decoration to spine, five raised bands, sewn endbands, matching cloth-covered boards, to…

[James Bond] Five volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 15cm), mixed printings. A collection of vintage Pan paperbacks in the classic white 'Model' series with photo covers and the bold 'James Bond' lettering designed by Raymond Hawkey. No ink inscriptions, two rubber-stamps to 'Moonraker', covers lightly handled (some VG, some are fine).…

dj. First Edition. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 391 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the tile page: 'for my dear friend Hilary | with much love | T.Q. | 6/7/17.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and tan endpapers. With the red photographic…

First Edition. [James Bond continuation novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 288; [1], advert; [7], blank. Publisher's dark blue hardcovers with gilt design, illustrated endpapers with printed publication details and author biography to the rear endpaper, without jacket as issued. A few…

[Classic Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND SET, first impressions thus. Ten volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 23cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait, and two or three other illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F.C. Tilney. Elegantly hand-bound in blue quarter morocco, over marbled paper-covered sid…

[Spy thrillers] JAMES BOND PAPERBACKS. Five volumes, octavos (16 x 10). Small group of Triad paperbacks in the classic 'girl and gun' series, with giant golden 9mm automatic pistol. Mixed printings. Publisher's softcovers. No inscriptions, contents a little toned as expected, covers are bright, minor rubs, spines not faded as us…

[Childrens classic] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION, Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], blank. All three adventures in one volume. Illustrated by John Burningham. Publisher's film tie-in softcovers, price 75c printed on cover. No ink names, contents toned as expected, covers bright and fresh. An exceptional copy…